The finale of our season on the awesome movie year of 1939 features our audience choice pick, the Marx Brothers comedy At the Circus. Directed by Edward Buzzell from a screenplay by Irving Brecher and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Chico, Harpo), Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden and Margaret Dumont, At the Circus prevailed over two other movies from classic Hollywood comedy stars in our 1939 audience choice poll.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Frank S. Nugent in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1939/11/17/archives/the-screen-marxes-well-under-their-top-in-at-the-circus-at-the.html), Richard L. Coe in The Washington Post, and John Mosher in The New Yorker.
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American Beauty (1999 Best Picture Winner)
American Movie (1999 Sundance Award Winner)
Rushmore (1999 Jason’s Pick)
The Blair Witch Project (1999 Halloween Bonus)
Run Lola Run (1999 Foreign Film)
Fight Club (1999 Josh’s Pick)
Buena Vista Social Club (1999 Documentary)
Rosetta (1999 Cannes Palme d’Or Winner)
Wild Wild West (1999 Box Office Flop)
The Virgin Suicides (1999 First Feature)
The Sixth Sense (1999 Box Office Champ)
Oldboy (2003 Bonus Episode)
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How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying (1967 Audience Choice Winner)
The Trip (1967 Future Cult Classic)
The Producers (1967 Dave’s Pick)
In The Heat Of The Night (1967 Best Picture Winner)
Belle de Jour (1967 Venice Film Festival Award Winner)
Cool Hand Luke (1967 Jason’s Pick)
Weekend (1967 Foreign Film)
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